RUSSIA, THERE IS NOT THE LOT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DO NOW. THANK YOU. HE WANTED HIS GIRLFRIEND KILLED FOR PRESSING DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, SO HE TRIED TO GET A FORMER CELL MATE TO DO IT. 12 NEWS' CHRISTINA PALLADINO IS LIVE IN FRANKLIN AT THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, AND CHRISTINA, DETECTIVES GOT A HOLD OF LETTERS HE WAS SENDING TO HITMEN FROM THERE. 30 ONE-YEAR-OLD MARK HAS A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND AND HE HAS BEEN IN JAIL SINCE JANUARY FROM DISTRICT -- DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES. NOW FACING MURDER FOR HIRE CHARGES. HE WAS WRITING LETTERS FROM BEHIND BARS THREATENING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND FAMILY IF THEY TESTIFIED. THE FAMILY MEMBER TELLS ME THE COUPLE DATED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND HAD A CHILD TOGETHER. THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABUSIVE. THE GIRLFRIEND WENT TO BELIZE RECENTLY AFTER A MAN CLAIMING TO BE HIS FORMER CELL MATE CAME TO HER DOOR, LEAVING HER A NOTE THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HER. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT THE MAN HAD BEEN HIRED TO DO A JOB. THE WOMAN'S COUSIN TELLS ME THAT EVEN THOUGH HE IS IN JAIL, SHE IS TERRIFIED THAT HE MAY CONVINCE OTHER PEOPLE TO KILL HER. SHE REMAINS ON GUARD.

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